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An insurance company now wishes to lecture us

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JustHereWithMyPopcorn · 27/11/2019 20:39

Aviva shared these lovely tweets today. I am actually insured with them but I will not be renewing. And they are not bothered by customers leaving, clearly.

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Michelleoftheresistance · 28/11/2019 17:32

Er yeah, I think that's precisely what Katie meant to portray, and wtf are a supposedly trustworthy company doing letting an apparently drunk employee loose at work? And their response is oh well she had a heavy night?! As opposed to 'we sincerely apologise for an employee attending work in this state and are taking steps to ensure this can't happen again'? You know, like an actual business run by grown ups to some kind of basic standards?

I suppose it's a plus that it was only the tweets she was pissed in charge of as opposed to someone's insurance policy.

Bloody hell Aviva, I wouldn't trust you lot to run a cake stand now.

WickedGoodDoge · 28/11/2019 17:27

Has the tweet been taken down? I was on it earlier, but can’t find it now- only see a new one with a handful of comments about Mr Motivator today: twitter.com/avivauk/status/1199676141184995330?s=21

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 28/11/2019 15:06

It is infuriating, as it's not something you can easily boycott if you have policies in place.

I have a policy that I will probably need to claim on and I can't get it elsewhere (due to the underlying issue which is either uninsurable or too £££ to buy) so I can complain, but that's it really. I can't afford to vote with my feet.

itsAlmostXmas · 28/11/2019 15:03

This is worse than M&S for me. I have been a loyal Aviva customer for years, all of my insurance is with them & I became so loyal as I have claimed with them & found them excellent.

There's a huge difference for me between promoting breaking down the barriers in sport & what Stonewall preach

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/11/2019 14:46

Who is going to go back in there and debate the stats and Stonewalls decline?

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/11/2019 14:46

I wonder if Andy is Katies boss.

Ereshkigal · 28/11/2019 14:41

I'm glad these fools are being robustly challenged.

MoobaaMoobaa · 28/11/2019 14:39

They have posted a link to their stats. If anyone wants a look.

I only scanned it briefly so could be very wrong, but it looks like most of it is based on those (non)hate crime records.

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theflushedzebra · 28/11/2019 14:36

Miss Marple - 100% white, 70% male. All young. Many beards.

How unexpected!

UpperLowercaseSymbolNumber · 28/11/2019 14:35

Astounding. It’s a shame their AGM isn’t until May. I may just buy a share and go along to ask the board this.

I’m quite serious by the way, buy a share or get a proxy form signed by someone who has one and you can go and ask the board questions at the AGM of any listed company. It is a great way to get issues straight to the top.

MissMarpletheMurderer · 28/11/2019 14:33

@theflushedzebra that's an interesting and diverse picture-I'm sure that reflects Britain in 2019.

MissMarpletheMurderer · 28/11/2019 14:32

I'm lost for words. Either support Katie, or apologise for her but to say she had a heavy night? I mean wtaf?

theflushedzebra · 28/11/2019 14:28

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theflushedzebra · 28/11/2019 14:24

Ooh my.

"A heavy night" eh, Aviva. FFS, read the room Hmm

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/11/2019 14:22

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ShesDressedInBlackAgain · 28/11/2019 14:21

OMG. That 'sorry we are drunk in charge of the tweets' is amazing.

ShesDressedInBlackAgain · 28/11/2019 14:19

Gosh that's a diverse staff 'man'-ning their Twitter.

You don't have to have a beard to work here. But it helps if you do.

VaggieMight · 28/11/2019 14:14

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Akire · 28/11/2019 14:11

You could almost forgive them for enthusiasm and not understanding the problem to women’s sport, but to be all over Fetish’s with same Zeal that’s not accidental, it almost has to be a wide up. But it’s not Confused

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/11/2019 14:01

Companies support who they think their customers will like. They are the ones who have miscalled their audience.

An ad not hitting the target audience is like using Jazz in ads when they know their customer base are classical music lovers (although Chanel did use Jazz in their ads yonks ago to scare away the customers that they deemed 'undesirable' and damaging to the brand).

The company sells insurance and policies and has no need to jump the rainbow, especially when they realise that itis a hot issue. I suspect they have had training in a bid to get onboard younger policyholders who will need to have home/car insurance, pensions, life assurance etc (thereby hopefully getting a lifetime of custom).

They didn't think that they would piss a lot of people off - and these people are generally those who are household purse-string holders, who are also often responsible for getting car insurance for little Timmy when he passes his driving test.

Akire · 28/11/2019 13:55

Great email Snorkers, well done.

Scapegoatforlife · 28/11/2019 13:53

A company can choose to support who ever they like . You're obviously not the audience they want to get business from so move it.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 28/11/2019 13:52

Anyone else getting lots of More Than insurance ads on here now?

titchy · 28/11/2019 13:35

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theflushedzebra · 28/11/2019 13:34
Grin
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